The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-12-03
OXYGEN AND NITROGEN
A Thorspsntio Agents in the Treat
Eent OF Pulmonary and other
Caronio Uise.ssy

The use Of oxygen and nitrogen gas in advanced
therapeutic i- uJ longer nu experiment
kno"ing there exists a demand Ou the part OF
mo profession for a preparation ot oxygen that
has real thcrapcltiral merit would re. pCCtiully
eau your attention - "atons Oxygen snd
Nitrogen COMPOUND.
Before stating what oxygen compound T., ia
order 70 have the matter properly understood. it
i Necessary for me 10 state that 10 j, not Com
During the past few years the papers and Jour
nails, secular, religious and scientific, al over
the country, have compound oxygen, iu which IL
i. lauded a. the great specific for all the Ills OF
man.
The extensive sale Of the oxygen home treat.
ment and astonishing claims made for IL have
Induced many chemists and phy slCians TO inquire
into 10. alleged virtues. and dctersne the iugre-
clients which Compp,e IL. The formula Of both
the home sud Office treatment have been pub
llshed IN various journals Boston Journal Of
Chemistry Medical Record, The Health RecOrd,
and Others)
"Dr W.lilan, who has carefully investigated
the sub!ec says. some euterprisius but unscrup-
ulOus prsteuders discovered in this gas the
sO-cslled 'OIygenized air which some years ago
was 50 extensively advertised rs Il Cure-au.
Rights % manufacture And administer IL CD were
sold for round sum, the process OF generating it
being buugliugly disguised by the addition Of
fcrric carbonate or other inert cOlOrng material
% the ammonium nitrate used Even To this day
a irm In Philadelphia Is still harpiug ON the
miraculous alchemy Of Compound Oxygen Home
Treatment which IS u bare faced swiudle, being
nothing more Than weak solution oiammOnium
muriate and II. CrolI rum, (5ome adding also
chlOrstc OF potssh.J IL must be admitted that
I'm connection with some wholesome hygieuic
rules persistently iucucated by these Advertising
professional outlaws have performed some the
raupeutic AS well A. moral wonders by its aid"
Advantage is taken Of the fact that the people
are tired Of being drugged and the apparatus
which Is sent 20 their patients being more tHugi-
Bile thans dose of medicine, is sure 10 produce at
least two results, one Of which Is 10 inspire the
patient with hope, the other that it gives the
patient something 70 do; in other words it keeps
the mind employed.
The objections 10 compound oxygenare:
!, There Is no such thing AS compound oxygen.
,. That the handling Of the substance bearing
this name has been confined almost entirely TO
persons without any knowledge OF medicine or
other qualifications requisite u the udministra
isOn OF such an agent
3, That the formula has been retained as II
secret winch was only made known for pecuniary
considerations.
= That it has been advertised Ia an unpro.
fessional, not 10 say uupriA ipled, manner.
Wsltous Oxygen and Nitrogen Compound Il
composed Of two atoms of oxygen and one OF
nitrogen. Either Of these elements, when used
separately, are without special therspeutiCal
merit IL certainly was never intended 10y ma
ture That We should use pure oxygen alone. 1t
is too powerful an oXidSsng agent and the Their
apeutlcal results ODtaincA by its Use have never
been as satisfactory when used sngly, a. when
combined with certain equivalent OF nitrogen.
The two elements, however, when combined in
these proportions produce a compound of siugu
lar therapeutic merit,
II is an established fact that oxygen is the most
perfect antiscptic known for In an atmosphere of
oxygen IL is impossible tor disease germs to exist
II a piece OF deCayinP vegetable or animal
matter is placed in bell glass containing an at
mosphere OF oxygen the process OF decay be-
comes speedily arrested. Hence its applicability
in disease affecting the respiratory organs.
This Compound not only acts as an antiseptic,
but 50 acts on the respiratory muscles, % COM
pei the patient to breathe properly. In fact there
are but few persons who breathe as they should.
Many authors claim that imperfect breathing j.
a cause of a large percentage of bronchial trOu-
bles Residual air remaining over from one in
spirstion 70 another eNcites irritation subsequent
intam nation, which becomes prolific field for
the development OF disease germs.
The Compound compclS the patient To take
deep inspirations, thus CXpclling all residue air
When once the disease has been established,
either from imperfect aeratiOu or whatever cause
/ believe the Oxygen and Nitrogen Compound, ,
because Of it, auti>eptc qualities, will arrest the
development of disease and render the soil bar
rcn for germ growth. Ifthe BACILLUS TuBERCU.
Loss is the essential factor I'm the development
OF phthisis, then wc have in this agent an ell
Cient gernicide and an sntidote